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Reading group: towards unification

Posted on August 8, 2016 by

This is the second instalment of our fortnightly reading group blog series. This time, our group was led by Skip Woolley and we discussed the paper Towards a unification of unified theories of biodiversity by McGill 2010. This is an … Continue reading →

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Does More Data Mean Better Decisions?

Posted on September 4, 2015 by

We love more research and more data—but will they always mean better decisions? Interrogating this trade-off is at the heart of what much of Qaeco does. Over on the Methods Blog, recent PhD graduate Stefano Canessa discusses in detail The Value … Continue reading →

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QAECO’s favourite ecology and conservation papers of 2014

Posted on December 19, 2014 by

We asked everyone at QAECO to name their favourite ecology, conservation and decision science papers of 2014. The list shows our diverse interests including models and monitoring, fire and frogs, botany and biodiversity and invasions and indices. Here’s what we … Continue reading →

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QAECO’s favourite ecology and conservation papers of 2013

Posted on January 3, 2014 by

We asked everyone to nominate their favourite paper of 2013, and here’s what they said. What we’ve learnt from this exercise is that as a group we have diverse interests, but particularly enjoy papers published in Methods in Ecology and … Continue reading →

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Qaecology Reading Group: Saccheri et al, 1998

Posted on August 29, 2011 by

Once a fortnight the Qaecology lab gathers round a couple of packets of Tim Tams and a pot of coffee to discuss a paper. This week the theme was extinction risk and the paper chosen was Saccheri et al’s, Inbreeding … Continue reading →

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